Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Plasma Display : Some people still refer to flat panel TV’s as plasma. Every time we reach what we think is the limit on what a display technology can do, along comes an industry colleague with a new chemical formulation, or the ability to bend some light or stretch some laws of physics to keep it going. It’s been a fantastic ride.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Working out produces endorphins, chemicals in the brain that promote a sense of well-being and confidence. When I said it was important to take care of your body, I was also referring to the part that rests on your shoulders. Here are four examples why: Feel In Charge, Be In Charge. Building Your Brain.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2020

Majority of the industries like medical, glassworks and dies, dental applications, chemical processing and petroleum refining now use platinum as a catalytic controller or a major component. Liquidity, in business, refers to the ability of an asset like stocks and bonds to be turned into cash with ease.

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Building Personal Strength

MARCH 16, 2010

This common observation refers to something people like to call "muscle memory." When you repeat the activity over and over, neurotransmitter chemicals stimulate the brain cells related to the activity to grow dendrites, which are filaments on the brain cell, to reach out and connect with the other brain cells involved.

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Building Personal Strength

MAY 15, 2011

In this blog space, I've referred many times to something I call the " teen journey." Jackson is a retired chemical engineer. It's the difficult, perilous 12-year develpmental period called "adolescence," which has a profound, permanent impact on the rest of your life. I've been interviewing people about their teen journey stories.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2016

And yet, it was something I knew I needed to file away for my future reference, in some file I labeled “ How NOT to fire people ”. It’s now a massive Superfund site because the pit is laden with heavy metals and dangerous chemicals. I was doing the “dirty work” of business, and it sure didn’t feel good.

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The Recovering Engineer

MAY 22, 2010

In answering this question, I often refer to a Thomas Jefferson quote: In matters of style, swim with the current. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. In matters of principle, stand like a rock. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 31, 2010

I can, though, use four basic style descriptors to create a frame of reference that allows me to understand them better when we interact.&# When I say “all people,&# I am referring to all people who fall into what you could call “normal human psychology.&# .&# To which, I reply: “You’re right.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 8, 2022

Because, aside from those with serious chemical imbalances, happiness is a physiological reaction, a result of the interaction between mind and body. Author and inspirational speaker Simon Sinek describes dopamine as the feel-good chemical released when your phone dings — Hooray, I have a message…hooray, someone responded to me.

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Women in the LEAD

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

  In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this. .   In the past twenty years or so, we have read many works telling us what we already knew.

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Women in the LEAD

AUGUST 25, 2009

  In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this. .     In the past twenty years or so, we have read many works telling us what we already knew.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

She had a good relationship with the CEO of a medium-sized chemical company and had done a lot of work with the customer over the years. The chemical firm's CEO asked her to prepare a bid for a new production line that the buyer needed to install quickly. Turn a C-Level Customer Into Your Most Valuable Reference.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 12, 2014

The above questions act as continual guide posts to refer to. He has worked with leaders in both the public and private sectors including at Dow Chemical, Xerox, AARP Foundation, The Library of Congress, Meals on Wheels Association of America, and Verizon. Does who or what you exist to help feel helped?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Dow Chemical Company, for example, needs to assess costs and risks every time it considers a site for a new manufacturing facility. It’s why I chose the subtitle of my new book: A Better World, Inc.: How Companies Profit by Solving Global Problems…Where Governments Cannot.).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Whether they knew it or not, they were referring to the Reinheitsgebot , Germany’s beer purity law. We partnered with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to do a sophisticated chemical analysis of drinking bowls excavated from the tomb of the king of Phrygia, in what today is central Turkey.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Eytan emphasizes that our brains are more relaxed during walks due to the release of certain chemicals. Open-ended responses to our survey seemed to back this up by referring to moments of creativity sparked by walking meetings.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

As the senior HR executive in charge of managing overseas assignments, Anton Danois made a point of spending time with Streuvels Chemicals' expatriate employees and their families. But managing European chemical plants was what he knew best, not overseeing an international mobility department. You don't like the Labyrinth?"

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Majchrzak has studied virtual projects at numerous companies , including EDS, IBM, Kraft, Motorola, Shell Chemicals, and Unilever, and has found that successful teams tend to use one important tool: an online discussion board in a shared virtual workspace. There are several advantages in doing so: Problems don't fester. Diverge then converge.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

It contains interviews with labor economists of that era and refers to a study on the subject commissioned by the Kennedy White House. One magazine I particularly like is the July 19, 1963 issue of Life. It contains a story explaining how automation will kill jobs. And (much bigger, in full caps) Point of No Return for Everybody.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

Existing products had touted their cleaning power, but their ingredient lists were long and full of nasty-sounding chemicals that irritated the dogs’ skin. Her references had raved about her. So Elena had invested her savings to hire a chemist and create something better. It made sense on paper. “Happy to!

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

It was caused by chemical imbalances in her brain, not by problems in her life. She was very self-aware and referred to her condition as "sadness-for-no-reason." I know someone who once struggled with chronic depression. Ultimately, she learned how to manage it and is now quite a cheerful person. And one of my personal heroes.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Helena realized that to meet that goal, Unamano had to carefully select the most promising entrepreneurs to assist, putting candidates through a gantlet of pitch sessions, reference checks, and interviews. He’d found a receptive chemical-company owner who was providing lab space and even some financial support.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

In some cases referred to as the “Attenborough Effect,” the public is now massively aware of how their consumption is affecting the planet. Businesses in all industries must take note and must take action, and with these top innovations leading the way the future is indeed looking brighter. The Rise of Sustainable Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

A kluge — a term from the engineering and computer science world — refers to something that is convoluted and messy but gets the job done. Everything from our kitchen appliances and medical devices to our legal codes and bureaucratic structures are, in a word, kluges.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

It’s worth mentioning the recent news regarding the attempted takeover of Monsanto by Bayer , that’s a response to the increased competition in the overall chemical/agricultural fertilizer space prompted by DuPont’s merger with Dow. Are we seeing greater consolidation in the industry?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2015

” In more recent times, a British chemical engineer named Paul Thomas pronounced a vision “that one day we will be able to detect a previously undetectable tumour metabolising inside a human lung simply by asking a patient to breathe into a device.” The specificity of this target certainly renders it an effective benchmark.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2017

The differences appear so obvious, and knowing the differences comes so naturally to us, that we refer to it as common sense. In the brain, a neuron is a cell that transmits electrical or chemical information. Human beings come pre-loaded with the cognitive gear to simply perceive these distinctions.

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